Eliza Greene Radeke (née Metcalf; 1854–1931) was the president of the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in Providence, Rhode Island from 1913 to 1931 and was the daughter of RISD co-founder Helen Adelia Rowe Metcalf.
[2] Eliza Metcalf attended Dr. Stockbridge's School in Providence and then received her A.B.
[citation needed] Eliza Metcalf married Dr. Gustav Radeke, M.D., of Providence on May 27, 1880.
[3] In 1913 several years after her mother's death, Eliza Radeke became President of the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) and served on the Women's Advisory Committee of the Women's College at Brown University.
[citation needed] Radeke was noted for her collection of Pennsylvania German pottery, begun in 1911; she was one of the first major collectors to focus on the field of American folk art.